Accountants; Audit Office; Headquarters; Divisional Superintendent; Secretary’s Office; Clerical Staff The set of short-bunkered 2-4-2T frames were used to create a LY&R electric locomotive in 1912. [18] Service [ edit ] RAIL 772/60-62, RAIL 772/77, RAIL 772/79, RAIL 772/99, RAIL 772/106, RAIL 772/121, RAIL 772/123-125

Druitt, E. (1903). "Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway" (PDF). Board of Trade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2016 . Retrieved 10 August 2019. The L&YR was the first in the country to electrify a mainline route. In Liverpool, the fourth rail system pioneered by the tube railways in London was used at 600 V DC, although this was later converted to a third rail system. Suburban lines in the Liverpool area were electrified to reach a total of 37 miles (60km).

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Works Manager, Miles Platting works 1839-1867. Indoor Superintendent, Miles Platting Works 1867-1878 The covering dates given in the table below should be treated with caution. Sometimes the opening dates refer to the date of birth of the oldest member of staff whose service is covered by the records. Name of company Class 27 locomotives were designed by John Aspinall and 484 were built between 1889 and 1918 at Horwich Works. It was the standard goods engine used by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Aspinall opted for a two-cylinder format with a non superheated round top boiler. David Joy's configuration of valve gear was employed. By the time Aspinall became general manager of the L&YR on 1 July 1899 more than 400 of the simple but powerful engines had been built. More were built under his successors, Henry Hoy and George Hughes, albeit with some modifications. By 1918 there were the 484 locomotives in the class.

Some of the locomotives were fitted for push-pull working, being coupled to a driving trailer coach that contained a driver's cab and allowing the train to be driven in reverse, without running the locomotive around the train at the terminus. The engines fitted for push-pull servie can easily be recognised by looking at the front or rear. Standard fittings are; a steam pipe hanging under the buffer beam to the left of the coupling and a vacuum brake stand pipe rising from the buffer beam to the right of the coupling. Push-pull fitted engines have an additional throttle vacuum riser pipe to the left of the coupling. [ citation needed] The cuts were based on the recommendations of Dr Richard Beeching, the former chairman of the British Railways Board who closed thousands of miles of railway and stations. Forty of the class were fitted with superheaters to join the 115 newly built class 31 locomotives described in Locobase 20156. In 1903, the incumbent CME Henry Hoy reported that the now 270 strong class had between them covered 61,000,000mi (98,000,000km) in the preceding 14 years all over the L&YR system. They had suitable ability on passenger duties to haul a considerable load at any reasonable speed. [20] Following the death of Jenkins responsibility passed to Yates as Indoor Superintendent and Hurst returned as the Outdoor Superintendent. Hurst retired in 1875 and Yates resigned.Reed, M.C. (1996). The London & North Western Railway. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-66-4. Littleworth, Chris (2014). Signal Boxes on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Lines - North and West of Manchester: Part Two. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society. ISBN 978-0-9559467-6-9.

Littleworth, Chris (2002). Signal Boxes on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Lines - North-East Lancashire. Signalling Record Society. ISBN 978-1-873228-21-0. Whereas there were various lines split between the Central and Western Divisions there was only one route connecting the Eastern and Central Divisions. This line cut through the Pennines between Lancashire and Yorkshire using a number of long tunnels, the longest of which was Summit Tunnel (2,885 yards (2,638m) in length) near Rochdale. There were six other tunnels each more than 1,000 yards (900m) long. as a holiday home. It was then offered to NRM and is currently awaiting restoration, probably as a coach rather than a steam railmotor. One locomotive, 1895-built L&YR number 1300 (later LMS 12322 and BR 52322) has survived and is preserved at the East Lancashire Railway. It is owned by Andy Booth and its most recent overhaul was completed in 2021.Chruchtown, Hoole and Hesketh Bank were other popular local stations that were forced to close on this line. Construction and operation [ edit ] L&YR Class 27 0-6-0 52095 at Rose Grove Motive Power Depot, Burnley, Lancashire, on 28 March 1959 Although built to the same specification D59, they were differnt in several obvious ways. The first(3028) had a low rounded roof and standard hinged doors, the second(3029) had a clerestory roof and sliding doors. Layout was slight different in each. A third one was supplied just after amalgamation of LYR and LNWR, to diagram D177, very similar to the others, but being steel sided and having an eliptical roof. Both our operational steam locomotives saw extensive use in the East Lancashire Railway Autumn Steam Gala 13th to 15th October 2023. Appendix 3 of Railway Records: A Guide to Sources by C J Edwards provides a guide to which record offices might hold the records of which railway companies.